More Life Lessons from Teachers
Who’ve Seen It All Here are stories from among 400 teachers who opened up about the "hard truths" about their students. The teachers’ advice starts with “kids need to hear ‘no’.” Read the stories here. |
Send a naked picture - no big deal? It can cost you your life.
It’s called ‘financial sextortion’. It’s a type of online crime targeting teen boys that has caused 30 of them to commit suicide since 2021. A supposedly cute girl finds you online, but it’s really a member of a crime syndicate. ‘She’ asks you for a nude photo, and you send it thinking it’s no big deal. Then you’re bombarded with 200 messages over the next few hours instilling a sense of urgency and dissuading you from getting help. Pay up or else your parents will stop loving you, you’ll be thrown off the sports team, and you won’t get into college. To some victims, it appears there’s no way out except to kill themselves.
How to Turn Off Employers
Gen Z grads are unprepared for the workforce, can’t handle the workload, and are unprofessional, hiring managers say.
Sorority and frat parties can be trouble
A sorority and two members of a fraternity have been charged, months after an ill-fated party led to the death of a 20-year-old student at Dartmouth. The Alpha Phi sorority was charged as a corporation by police in Hanover, New Hampshire with one count of facilitating an underage alcohol house, and two members of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity were charged with providing alcohol to a person under 21.
‘Speed was a factor’
It’s not the first time teenagers have wrapped their vehicle around a tree. Three college students are dead after crashing their Tesla truck. Speed was a factor, according to police.
Meeting a cutie late at night by yourself - not a good idea
Thirteen year-old Tennessee cheerleader, Savannah Copeland, was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old with a pocket knife and left alongside a dirt road. Copeland met with the 15-year-old around midnight when he allegedly attacked her and fled, according to a petition released by Knox County court. It is unclear how the two teens might have known each other. Prosecutors hope to try him as an adult in court.
Subway Surfing – A disturbing trend in New York City
A 13-year-old girl died after participating in a dangerous social media trend of subway surfing after falling from a 7 train in New York’s Queens, according to law enforcement. A 12-year-old-girl was also hurt when two girls fell between the train cars when the train stopped as they tried jumping between them, WABC reported.
Have some sense and don't isolate
A teenage boy shoots himself in the head after discussing suicide with a fake, flirty AI chatbot
Sewell Setzer, 14, shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun after spending months talking to “Dany”, a computer program based on Daenerys Targaryen, the Game of Thrones character. He did this so they could “die together.” Read the tragic story here.
Texas teen abducted from Dallas Mavericks NBA game shares what lured her from her dad
A Texas teen abducted from an NBA game, sex trafficked and held against her will at a hotel 200 miles away has opened up about the horrific week of abuse she endured before investigators traced her photo in an online sex ad back to her captors. She was “looking to smoke.” Read the horrifying story here.
It’s called ‘financial sextortion’. It’s a type of online crime targeting teen boys that has caused 30 of them to commit suicide since 2021. A supposedly cute girl finds you online, but it’s really a member of a crime syndicate. ‘She’ asks you for a nude photo, and you send it thinking it’s no big deal. Then you’re bombarded with 200 messages over the next few hours instilling a sense of urgency and dissuading you from getting help. Pay up or else your parents will stop loving you, you’ll be thrown off the sports team, and you won’t get into college. To some victims, it appears there’s no way out except to kill themselves.
How to Turn Off Employers
Gen Z grads are unprepared for the workforce, can’t handle the workload, and are unprofessional, hiring managers say.
Sorority and frat parties can be trouble
A sorority and two members of a fraternity have been charged, months after an ill-fated party led to the death of a 20-year-old student at Dartmouth. The Alpha Phi sorority was charged as a corporation by police in Hanover, New Hampshire with one count of facilitating an underage alcohol house, and two members of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity were charged with providing alcohol to a person under 21.
‘Speed was a factor’
It’s not the first time teenagers have wrapped their vehicle around a tree. Three college students are dead after crashing their Tesla truck. Speed was a factor, according to police.
Meeting a cutie late at night by yourself - not a good idea
Thirteen year-old Tennessee cheerleader, Savannah Copeland, was allegedly stabbed to death by a 15-year-old with a pocket knife and left alongside a dirt road. Copeland met with the 15-year-old around midnight when he allegedly attacked her and fled, according to a petition released by Knox County court. It is unclear how the two teens might have known each other. Prosecutors hope to try him as an adult in court.
Subway Surfing – A disturbing trend in New York City
A 13-year-old girl died after participating in a dangerous social media trend of subway surfing after falling from a 7 train in New York’s Queens, according to law enforcement. A 12-year-old-girl was also hurt when two girls fell between the train cars when the train stopped as they tried jumping between them, WABC reported.
Have some sense and don't isolate
A teenage boy shoots himself in the head after discussing suicide with a fake, flirty AI chatbot
Sewell Setzer, 14, shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun after spending months talking to “Dany”, a computer program based on Daenerys Targaryen, the Game of Thrones character. He did this so they could “die together.” Read the tragic story here.
Texas teen abducted from Dallas Mavericks NBA game shares what lured her from her dad
A Texas teen abducted from an NBA game, sex trafficked and held against her will at a hotel 200 miles away has opened up about the horrific week of abuse she endured before investigators traced her photo in an online sex ad back to her captors. She was “looking to smoke.” Read the horrifying story here.